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“There’s no way in hell you’re going after him on your own,” Miles said.
“The hell I’m not. You fucked this up, and now we’re doing it my way. What were you thinking contacting Matteo first?”
“That you trusted him. That he would make sure you were ready for this mission. That he had the best chance of taking care of you and keeping you from doing something you’d regret.”
“So this is my fault because I trusted him?”
“If he’s gone after Landon, then there’s no reason not to trust him,” Worth said. “He wants to solve your problems for you. He thinks he owes you that.”
“You don’t know that. We don’t know what the fuck he’s up to. The last time I trusted him I almost died.”
“Carter, he loves you.”
“Are you sure? Would you bet your life on it?” I shook my head. “You weren’t there. You didn’t see how easily he slid over to their side.”
I didn’t really believe he was betraying me again, did I? He was just trying to be a hero. He wanted to take out my brother so I wasn’t in danger. That had to be it, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the day I’d followed him through the jungle. I had the same sick feeling as I’d had when he leveled his gun at me.
“If he was going to join back with the cartel or with your family, he would have escaped when you gave him the chance. What would he gain by staying here?”
I shrugged. “For all we know, there are more layers to this than we’ve seen yet.”
“I don’t think so,” Miles said. “Not with X and his people investigating as well as ours.”
“He’s right,” Ford said. “Let’s figure out the best way to approach this.”
“The best way is for me to approach it without you.”
Worth sat down on the edge of my bed. “Carter, we’re not letting you go in on your own.”
They wouldn’t. I knew better. Miles would shoot me himself if he thought I was going to run off half-cocked. “Fine. Come with me, but I will be the only one going in after Landon.”
“For all we know, Matteo’s already taken him out.”
I shook my head. “No. If everything between us has been real, he’ll save Landon for me.”
“So you do believe he’s trying to save your ass?” Worth asked.
“Fuck. I don’t know. I just need this to be over with. I can’t believe you didn’t fucking call me first.”
Miles blew out a long breath. “You said you’d accept our help, and I wanted to help you.”
“You don’t help me by keeping me in the dark. That’s not helping; that’s treating me like a child.”
“We wanted to keep you safe,” Ford said.
“Fine. Let’s just go.” I didn’t know what to think about anyone’s motives at that moment. All I knew was that I needed to confront my brother, I needed to find Matteo, and I needed to bring this to an end.
A few hours later, I was moving toward a large building that was secluded and appeared well guarded. Fortunately, we’d figured out a way for me to get in without being seen until I was within a few yards of the building.
Once I was close, I would need to take out two guards quickly. That was hardly a challenge. The fools Landon hired to keep him safe wouldn’t have gotten a call back for a spot on my team at Montgomery Enterprises, much less made it through BUD/S. I silently dispatched the two men and slipped inside.
We hadn’t been able to obtain any interior plans of the building, and we weren’t sure what its precise purpose was. From what Miles could uncover, no one had used it for a few years. As I carefully made my way farther inside, I saw a row of cells.
Nausea curled in my stomach. Had my father held prisoners here? Maybe I should have killed him after all.
What was Landon doing here? He would never sleep in one of these cells. There must be nicer rooms upstairs. I moved silently down the hall, listening for any sound, any sign that someone might be there watching, waiting.
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